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10-27-2012, 11:14 PM
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Re: Ramon Lowe 58 Pontiac
He is 82 but still has the passion for racing. He told me some stories about those hydromatics,,,,
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10-28-2012, 01:58 PM
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Re: Ramon Lowe 58 Pontiac
my mother raced a 58 Pontiac, bet he heard of her? maybe not
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10-28-2012, 03:31 PM
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Re: Ramon Lowe 58 Pontiac
Joe, you evidently took after your Dad. You sure ain't as pretty as your Momma.
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10-29-2012, 07:37 PM
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Re: Ramon Lowe 58 Pontiac
Scott, tell Lowe to get on here and we can ask him how he did with so little.
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10-31-2012, 04:46 PM
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Re: Ramon Lowe 58 Pontiac
Not sure Ramon has ever been on the internet..... lol . He's a blast to talk to about the old racing days.......
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11-01-2012, 11:25 AM
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Re: Ramon Lowe 58 Pontiac
Ramon Lowe's '58 Pontiac...
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11-01-2012, 02:19 PM
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Re: Ramon Lowe 58 Pontiac
I had a friend who raced a '58 Pontiac and knew Jay Hamilton and Ramon Lowe......Craig Muller....He built and raced a '58 with F.I.
I bought a shortblock from him that supposedly came from one of those men. It had Jahns pistons.....and I think it was too big to be legal and the pistons were cracked....I had it bored bigger and put new pistons in it.....but the engine never got used.... I also at one time had a complete F.I. unit for a '58....Sold it for what I thought was good $$$ back then......Not much compared to what one would sell for today..... I had a '58 street car......and wanted a '57 Safari wagon....
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They made a bunch of different body styles. Hardtops, sedans, convertibles and wagons.... and with the over the counter stuff a lot of different engine combos.. 338 hp would have been with an over the counter McKellar solid lifter cam. Can't recall whether that was with a Tri-Power or a Rochester Fuel Injection unit. Trans was a 4 speed hydro but they had a reputation for breaking and I broke mine.... I Loved those cars. I had a 58 Chieftain.....was my first nice car and it had fresh laquer paint. White with a blue cove and roof......370 cubes 2 barrel hydramatic. I did the heads...added a 4 barrel (AFB).....borrowed a 4.56 gear form Craig Muller and had a hokey exhaust with cutouts...Craig also did my trans and it shifted very hard....too hard. Drove it to the track and ran high14's a few times around 1966. I loved that car and unfortunately it ended up as scrap.....
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